Warframe: Prime Gear Drop Locations

Prime Gear
& Forma
Drop Locations

VAUBAN PRIME

WARNING MAJOR CHANGES IN THE LAST PATCHHAS LEFT THIS PAGE TEMPORARILY OUT OF DATE!

As everyone is aware by now things have been changed in the game drastically. With the severity of the changes I am going to have to go back to the drawing board on this page quite a bit!

I am aware this page is a high traffic resource for the Warframe community, but it is managed by myself in my free time. However, I am real busy in real life right at the moment. I will have to update this when I find time. I WILL be updating this page though so do not fear!

Until then I am sure Reddit’s /r/warframe , DE’s forum & Wiki will hold everyone over with locating the newest info they need. Once I get time I will try to put all these changes into the format everyone knows and loves here for all our viewing convenience.

Thanks for your patience and loyalty! Good luck and stay tuned to this page for changes!

EVERYTHING IS 100% UP TO DATE WITH VAUBAN PRIME
PATCH. ALL VAULTED ITEM REMOVED, ALL NEW ITEMS
ADDED AND ALL CHANGES MOVED TO NEW LOCATIONS.

Creating Prime items in Warframe requires knowing exactly where to go and exactly how long to stay there. All prime parts in Warframe are hidden as rewards in Tower & Derelict missions. Some of these parts are end mission rewards and some of them are rotation interval rewards. This guide allows you to sort by both Prime name and location so you can hunt specifically for the prime part you want most. Included on this page is an explanation of how rotation order works for new and returning players.

Tower & Derelict missions all require you to farm keys first before you can enter those locations. Keys are also easy to get if you know where to look for them specifically.

For a full table of all possible key drop locations please be sure to visit the wiki.

ROTATION ORDER EXPLAINED

In the list below you will see “Rotation A, B, C” This refers to which periodic interval those rewards will be granted during survival, defense & interception missions.

In survival, this interval is every 5 minutes and each rotation ends when you get the item reward that pops up on the screen. In Interception, this interval is every round and each rotation ends when you opt to continue or leave. In Defense, this interval is every 5 waves and each rotation ends when you opt to continue or leave.

However, it is not as straight forward as it might appear. A, B, C rotations can be rather confusing in the order they are granted.

Rotation A

Rotation A (again)

Rotation B

Rotation C

Then repeat the entire cycle from start A, A, B, C… A, A, B, C… etc.

For example, if you are trying to get an item from Survival Rotation C you need to stay at least 4 rotations (20 minutes). Then you only get another chance at the Survival Rotation C items again at rotation 8, 12, 16, etc (40 minute, 60 minute, 80 minute, etc).

Note: Veteran players may remember how defense used to give same rewards after wave 15+ only. The Reward Rotation for Defense and Interception was changed after the Archwing patch to operate the same as survival rotation.

ABBREVIATIONS LEGEND

This guide makes use of many commonly used abbreviations in the Warframe community.
If you are new to the game or returning after a long break, this cheat sheet will help you get caught up to speed.

AKSTILETTO PRIME

FRAGOR PRIME

Prime Vault items are items that have been retired from the game’s loot tables to make room for new prime drops. Once items have been vaulted players can only get them again through in game player trade and limited time prime vault packages for real life money. It is important to pay attention to the next set of upcoming vaulted items (listed below) and farm them before they get retired.

CURRENT VAULTED PRIMES

MAG PRIME

BOAR PRIME

DAKRA PRIME

FROST PRIME

LATRON PRIME

REAPER PRIME

EMBER PRIME

GLAIVE PRIME

SICARUS PRIME

RHINO PRIME

BOLTOR PRIME

ANKYROS PRIME

LOKI PRIME

BO PRIME

WYRM PRIME

UPCOMING VAULTED PRIMES

The Primes below will be vaulted when the next Prime Access is released.
Be sure to farm these now while you still have time.

NYX PRIME

HIKOU PRIME

SCINDO PRIME

These are current “unsealed” vault item drop locations.
This is for a limited time only! Get them while they are back in the game!
These unsealed drop locations will expire on July 26th and the items get revaulted again.

Sorry to nitpick but my inner OCD kinda compels me to say that I believe that due to “not” being a correct spelling though an incorrect word spell check would have overlooked it where I’m certain you meant to put “Everything should NOW be 100%.” Again I do not say this to try to be sarcastic, a troll, or even rude, only simply because I’m sure you are a busy person and likely overlooked the error.

Hi there, great job on the page first of all!
Secondly, I just got Volt systems on T2E. Might want to add that on there. This seems to be new, after the Vauban P update.
I’m playing on PS4. -The-Funk- clan thanks you for this list btw lol

Just got a braton prime reciever on tower 3 defense on rotation C. You guys have been great so far, very accurate but i have noticed a couple things here and there on drop tables. Would like to help out a bit i guess because i am a big supporter of your page.

Everything has been changed in the game again. With the severity of the changes I am going to have to go back to the drawing board.
I am real busy in real life though. I will have to update this when I find time.

Until then I am sure Reddit, Forum Posts & Wiki will hold everyone over. Once I get time I will try to put all these changes into the format everyone knows and loves here.

PRIMARCH

Primarch is a mature and active PvX multi-gaming clan. We pride ourselves on building a helpful and friendly gaming community. We love to have fun while we play, but we know how to put on our game faces when it’s time to win.

Our player base is mostly located in the USA, but we have members throughout the world. We do raids, events, activities at all times throughout our many games.

Primarch uses DISCORD voice chat, making the game more fun while we grind and coordinating difficult content easier. Our friendly and mature community makes voice chat relaxing and fun.